Trout

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Fish & Game Officer Harry Graham-Samson checks anglers licences on the Boyle River in North Canterbury. Photo Brian Hodges. Super Sunday Season Opening.
  • Trout
    • Super Sunday Season Opening For Anglers

    Super Sunday Season Opening For Anglers – Story and Photographs by Fish and Game NZ .

    07/10/2023
    CSIFGC Photo: Courtesy of Meridian Energy.
  • Trout
    • CSIFGC and Meridian Agree to Maintain and Enhance Sport Fisheries

    CSIFGC and Meridian Agreement aims to maintain and enhance New Zealand’s popular and iconic sports.

    02/10/2023
    Anglers on the Hope River Designated Waters Fishery. Freshwater Fishing Licences Enter a New Era. Photo: Richard Cosgrove/Fish & Game NZ.
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    • Freshwater Fishing Licences Enter New Era

    Freshwater Fishing Licences Enter New Era From 1 October 2023 The freshwater fishing season begins.

    21/08/2023
    Reflections of the Southern Alps on the crystal clear water of the Rees River near Glenorchy. Photo, Stewart Watson Photography.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
  • Otago
    • Glenorchy, Anglers’ Eldorado, Rees, Dart Rivers, Diamond, Lake Wakatipu

    Glenorchy Fishing, The Anglers’ Eldorado Glenorchy, The Rees and Dart Rivers, The Diamond System –.

    20/09/2023
    Favourite Trout Flies. Brown trout.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Favourite Trout Flies and Favourite Trout Lies

    The Nymph and the Dry Fly by Paul Corliss They are no absolute rules in.

    12/06/2023
    Fish & Game staff sampling a Wairarapa spring creek as part of their stream health monitoring programme. Photo: Fish & Game NZ
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    • Electric Fishing – Fish & Game scientists research New Zealand’s rivers with technology

    Electric Fishing – Fish & Game scientists research New Zealand’s rivers with technology The effects.

    29/04/2023
    Top row: Hope's Dark, Hope's Silvery. 2nd row: Mrs Simpson, Grey Ghost, 3rd row: Red Shadow, Hart's Creek. 4th row: Yellow Rabbit, Brunton No.1. Night Fishing with Lures.
  • Canterbury
  • Canterbury Low-land Lakes
  • Canterbury Rivers
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Night Fishing with Lures – Hart’s Creek, L2, Halswell and Selwyn Rivers

    Night Fishing with Lures – “Old School” – Fewer and fewer anglers lip-hook a live.

    14/04/2023
    Richard Thomson releasing a nice brown trout. Trout fishing afternoon.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
  • Otago
    • Trout Fishing Afternoon to Remember

    Trout Fishing Afternoon to Remember By Chris Dore The sunlight beamed through the windscreen as.

    02/04/2023
    A hook-up after stalking a cruiser over sand flats at the Maori Lakes. Lake Fishing Strategies
  • Canterbury Lakes
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Lake Fishing Strategies

    Lake Fishing Strategies – How to Catch Trout in Lakes By Peter Langlands In this.

    23/03/2023
    Fish Mortality and Angling Methods. A rainbow hen about to be returned to the Ohau Canal. How likely is it to survive the experience?
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  • Trout Fishing
    • Fish Mortality and Angling Methods

    Fish Mortality and Angling Methods – Fly Fishing Versus Spin Fishing by Don Jellyman Some.

    11/03/2023
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